Karnataka

Mangalore, February 28: Minister for Higher Education V.S. Acharya said here on Sunday that the Government is planning to increase the enrolment ratio of students between the age group of 18 to 23 in colleges from 13 per cent to 15 per cent by 2015 and to 30 per cent by 2020. Dr. Acharya was addressing a gathering at the graduation day of the Karavali Group of Colleges. Dr. Acharya said 13 per

Mangalore, February 27: Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy which has been buzzing with activities since its inception one and half years back, organised district level 'Beary Talent Hunt' competitions for students of primary and high school at Town Hall here on Sunday. As many as 700 students throughout the district participated in the event. Various competitions such as story narration, poem writing

Mangalore, February 27: Health officials of Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) have confirmed that the meat of “Asif Mutton Stall” located in the fish and meat market in Mudroli Alake at Kudroli was not adulterated with any other meat. In a letter to Muhammad Razaq, the owner of the Stall, the health officer has said that the sample of mutton meat allegedly mixed with beef had been sent to Mysore

Mangalore, February 27: Using the general assumption that 'all terrorists are Muslims', to achieve their fanatic ends the advocates of 'Hindutva' in this country have resorted to violence and terrorism without any hesitation, said Dr Shridhar, activist and HOD of English, Vijaya College Bangalore. Speaking on the topic “Terrorism: Myth Exposed”, at a seminar organised at Don Bosco Hall here as

Mangalore, February 27: Ten professional artists displayed their works at “Art 4 Concern”, a charity art exhibition and auction at Milagres Hall Complex on Falnir Road on Sunday.This one-day event is being organised as part of the centenary year of Milagres Church.The paintings have themes pertaining to Catholic community, nature, landscape and universal concept. The exhibition will culminate with

Mangalore, February 27: The second phase of pulse polio campaign was held across the district on Sunday, February 27. Parents were seen bringing their children under five years to polling booths across the district to immunize them with the pulse polio drops. According to official sources, there are 1,70,721 children in the district between the age of 0-5. According to the District Health Officer

Mangalore, February 27: The post-graduate department of English literature in the St Aloysius College and Durga Pooja and Dussera Celebration Committee Mangalore recreated the golden age of Tagore, giving a slice of Bengali culture in Mangalore in Shantiniketan style on Saturday.The day-long tribute was named as 'Tagore's Day' which had the theme for the annual cultural festival of the college

Kadaba, February 27: A youth was allegedly assaulted by members of an organization at Kadaba on Saturday for being with a girl belonging to another community in an ice cream parlor.The victim has been identified as Raeesuddin, resident of Moodye near Maleshwara in Kadaba and student of Ramakunja College. It is said Raeesuddin was having ice cream with a first year Engineering student of Sullia and

Mangalore, February 27: Though measures are being taken to strengthen coastal security, it continues to remain a concern, said Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai.Talking to presspersons on the sidelines of a function here on Saturday, Mr. Pillai said the Centre has been strengthening the Coast Guard and Coastal Security Police. Additional coastal patrolling boats were being pressed into service. Mr

Mangalore, February 27: Cutting across party lines, members of the Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat on Saturday took the officials to task for not doing enough to tackle the drinking water scarcity in many gram panchayats. This was the first meeting of the newly-elected members of the zilla panchayat. The members said people were facing the problem even before the onset of summer. If steps were